Micro Mesh and headlight restoration

[pauljas]

I have been looking at products to restore my headlight lenses as over the years, they have developed a haze. Many of the products seem to be very similar to Micro mesh and if anything, they have removed some steps. In other words, while my set of MM goes from 1500 to 12000 in 9 steps, many of these products have only 2-3 steps.

So, have any of you used MM for this application? Also, did you use any material to help in the process such as McGuire's Plastx?

 

[Curly]

Micro mesh has been used in aviation for decades to polish scratches and surface crazing from fixed wing and helicopters windshilds. They will work great on your car too.

 

[Whaler]

A couple MM pads is what you get in the Meguiar's headlight kit. Here is the contents of the kit, I need to get off my fanny and use it.

 

[frank123]

A buff and several grades of HF abrasives is what I use, if they're really bad I run the gamut of 600 - 2000 abrasive paper first (actually you could leave it at that level if you aren't trying for perfection).

It really isn't much different than polishing a plastic pen blank, probably easier in the long run, just a larger scale.

 

[EBorraga]

I've found that the Mother's Brand works really well. It also has an attachment you can put in your drill. Just my .02.

 

[MikeG]

Yes, I used my MM pads, all nine of them, to restore my headlights. I was VERY HAPPY with the results. I used the pads and a spray bottle of water. I sprayed both the pads and the lens.

I started with the brown, 1500, and noted that the first water run off was yellow tinted. I didn't change from the brown to the next pad until the yellow tint was gone. I went through the pads until each felt smooth (less drag).

Finished with HUT Ultra Gloss Plastic Polish on a cotton cloth.

Good luck.